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Monday July 24, 1978
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A two-out single by Davey Lopes in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Dodgers to a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. The score was 2-2 when Steve Garvey opened the Dodger ninth with a two-base hit and was sacrificed to third by Dusty Baker. Cub reliever Donnie Moore hit Joe Ferguson with a pitch before Lee Lacy was walked intentionally to load the bases. One out later, Lopes singled on the first pitch. The Cubs had tied the contest in the eighth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Mike Vail. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 2

Game Played on Monday, July 24, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Cubs         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2 10  2
Dodgers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  5  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott 3b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .321      Lopes 2b              4   0   1   1     1   1   .288
  Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .252      North cf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .266
  Moore p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Smith rf              4   1   2   2     0   1   .304
White cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Buckner 1b            4   1   4   0     0   0   .318      Garvey 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .294
Murcer rf             2   0   0   1     1   1   .271      Baker lf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .279
Biittner lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .204
  Vail ph,lf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .288      Martinez ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .263        Lacy ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .291
Rader c               2   0   1   0     1   1   .209      Welch p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Clines ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .275        Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
De Jesus ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .273        Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Krukow p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .214
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .243
  Kelleher pr,3b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .295

Totals               33   2  10   2     3   8             Totals               31   3   5   3     4   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 46,822
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Dodgers 8
DP: Cubs 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Trillo, De Jesus
Doubles: Garvey (21)
Home Runs: Smith (20)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (29), North (17), Smith (7), Baker (9)
Caught Stealing: Smith (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Baker (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (5)
GIDP: Kelleher (3)
Hit by Pitch: Ferguson (2,by Moore)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow                  6     3   2   2   3   4   1  25   3.78
Moore L(5-4)            2.2   2   1   1   1   0   0  12   3.99
Totals                  8.2   5   3   3   4   4   1  37

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch                   7     6   1   1   2   7   0  28   2.35
Forster W(3-3)          2     4   1   0   1   1   0   9   2.27
Totals                  9    10   2   1   3   8   0  37

Passed Balls: Ferguson (6)
Hit by Pitch: Moore (2)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


CUBS 1ST: Scott singled to shortstop; White flied out to center;
Buckner singled to right [Scott to third]; Murcer hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Scott scored]; Biittner grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; North reached on
a fielder's choice [Lopes out at third (second to third)]; North
stole second; Smith homered [North scored]; Cey flied out to
center; Garvey grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 2ND: Trillo grounded out (third to first); Rader walked; De
Jesus struck out; Krukow struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson
flied out to center; Martinez singled to left; Welch grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 3RD: Scott grounded out (third to first); White popped to
left; Buckner singled to right [Buckner out at second (right to
shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes was called out on strikes; North walked;
Smith was called out on strikes; Cey reached on an error by De
Jesus [North to second]; Garvey grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 4TH: Murcer popped to center; Biittner grounded out (second
to first); Trillo flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker flied out to center; Ferguson popped to third
in foul territory; Martinez popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 5TH: Rader was called out on strikes; De Jesus lined to
left; Krukow struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers
2.

DODGERS 5TH: Welch grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
lined to left; North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Dodgers 2.

CUBS 6TH: Scott struck out; White grounded out (first to
pitcher); Buckner singled to right; Murcer walked [Buckner to
second]; Biittner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs
1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Smith singled to center; Smith was caught stealing
second but was safe at second (error by Trillo; assist by
Rader); Cey was called out on strikes; Garvey lined to
shortstop; Baker was walked intentionally; Smith stole third and
Baker stole second; Ferguson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 7TH: Trillo struck out; Rader singled to center; De Jesus
struck out; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR KRUKOW; Ontiveros singled to
center [Rader to second]; KELLEHER RAN FOR ONTIVEROS; GROSS
BATTED FOR SCOTT; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 7TH: MOORE REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); KELLEHER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); Martinez grounded out (first to pitcher);
DAVALILLO BATTED FOR WELCH; Davalillo popped to third in foul
territory; Lopes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 8TH: FORSTER REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); White singled
to center; Buckner singled to left [White to second]; White was
picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Ferguson allowed a
passed ball [Buckner to second]; Murcer struck out; VAIL BATTED
FOR BIITTNER; Vail singled to second [Buckner scored
(unearned)]; Trillo walked [Vail to second]; CLINES BATTED FOR
RADER; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 8TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING C ); VAIL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); North grounded out (third to first); Smith
flied out to center; Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 9TH: De Jesus singled to right; Kelleher grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [De Jesus out at
second]; Moore flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Garvey doubled to left; Baker out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Garvey to third]; Ferguson was hit by
a pitch; LACY BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Lacy was walked intentionally
[Ferguson to second]; MOTA BATTED FOR FORSTER; Mota popped to
center; Lopes singled to center [Garvey scored, Ferguson to
third, Lacy to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 3.



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